The Dolphin class is a diesel-electric submarine developed in Israel and constructed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft in Kiel, Germany, for the Israeli Navy's Shayetet 7 flotilla. The first boats of th
INS Rahav, a Dolphin-II submarine, seen here during its sea trials at Wilhelmshaven, Germany, in July 2014.
INS Tanin, a Dolphin-II submarine, while under-construction at HDW's shipyard in Kiel, in July 2012.
Then-IDF chief-of-staff Benny Gantz reviewing a Dolphin-I submarine in 2014
INS Dolphin - a Dolphin-I submarine, seen here in 2010.
Israel is widely believed to possess nuclear weapons. Estimates of Israel's stockpile range from 90 to 400 warheads, and the country is believed to possess a nuclear triad of delivery options by air,
Dolphin-class submarine
…is installed for deploying underwater special operations teams. Jane's Defence Weekly reported that the Dolphin-class submarines are believed to be nuclear armed, offering Israel a sea-based, second strike capability. In adherence to Missile Technology Control Regime rules the US Clinton administration rejected…
INS Tanin, one of five Dolphin-class submarines believed to carry nuclear-armed cruise missiles
Kennedy and Ben-Gurion in 1961.
Completed Dimona complex as seen by US Corona satellite on November 11, 1968
Mordechai Vanunu's photograph of a Negev Nuclear Research Center glove box containing nuclear materials in a model bomb assembly, one of about 60 photographs he later gave to the British press